1969–70 San Diego Rockets season

The 1969–70 NBA season was the Rockets' 3rd season in the NBA.[1]

1969–70 San Diego Rockets season
Head coach
General managerPete Newell
Owner(s)Bob Breitbard
ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKCST-TV
RadioKOGO
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

1969–70 San Diego Rockets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG12Adelman, Rick6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg)1946-06-16Loyola Marymount
SG33Barnett, Jim6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)170 lb (77 kg)1944-07-07Oregon
PF34Block, John6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)207 lb (94 kg)1944-04-16USC
C11Hayes, Elvin6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg)1945-11-17Houston
PF7Kimball, Toby6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)220 lb (100 kg)1942-09-07Connecticut
SF44Kojis, Don6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)215 lb (98 kg)1939-01-15Marquette
PG22Lantz, Stu6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)175 lb (79 kg)1946-07-13Nebraska
SF42Riley, Pat6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg)1945-03-20Kentucky
SF32Smith, Bingo6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg)1946-02-26Tulsa
SF31Trapp, John Q.6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg)1945-10-02UNLV
PG14Williams, Art6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg)1939-09-29Cal Poly Pomona
SG18Williams, Bernie6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)175 lb (79 kg)1945-12-30La Salle
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 10, 1969

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB
x-Atlanta Hawks4834.585
x-Los Angeles Lakers4636.5612
x-Chicago Bulls3943.4769
x-Phoenix Suns3943.4769
Seattle SuperSonics3646.43912
San Francisco Warriors3052.36618
San Diego Rockets2755.32921

Record vs. opponents

1969–70 NBA Records
TeamATLBALBOSCHICINDETLALMILNYKPHIPHOSDRSFWSEA
Atlanta2–46–05–23–33–34–33–34–23–32–44–25–24–2
Baltimore4–25–25–14–35–24–23–31–53–43–36–02–45–1
Boston0–62–53–33–34–32–41–64–32–42–44–25–12–4
Chicago2–51–53–33–33–34–24–20–63–35–23–44–24–3
Cincinnati3–33–43–33–34–22–42–52–54–33–34–22–41–5
Detroit3–32–53–43–32–43–31–61–61–53–33–33–33–3
Los Angeles3–42–44–22–44–23–33–32–44–23–45–25–26–0
Milwaukee3–33–36–12–45–26–13–32–45–26–06–04–25–1
New York2–45–13–46–05–26–14–24–25–26–05–15–14–2
Philadelphia3–34–34–23–33–45–12–42–52–54–24–26–00–6
Phoenix4–23–34–22–53–33–34–30–60–62–47–03–34–3
San Diego2–40–62–44–32–43–32–50–61–52–40–75–24–2
San Francisco2–54–21–52–44–23–32–52–41–50–63–32–53–4
Seattle2–41–54–23–45–13–30–61–52–46–03–42–44–3

Game log

1969–70 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Phoenix114–116Don Kojis (27)0–1
2October 18@ San Francisco125–124 (OT)Elvin Hayes (29)1–1
3October 22Milwaukee115–102Don Kojis (26)1–2
4October 25Phoenix115–107Elvin Hayes (28)1–3
5October 29@ Atlanta113–117Elvin Hayes (34)1–4
6October 30@ New York110–123Elvin Hayes (25)1–5
7October 31@ Boston113–118Don Kojis (26)1–6
8November 1@ Detroit113–130Elvin Hayes (31)1–7
9November 5@ Cincinnati120–133Jim Barnett (22)1–8
10November 7New York129–111Elvin Hayes (25)1–9
11November 10N San Francisco99–100Elvin Hayes (23)2–9
12November 12Detroit119–132Elvin Hayes (34)3–9
13November 14Seattle112–148Jim Barnett (24)4–9
14November 15Atlanta118–133Stu Lantz (30)5–9
15November 18@ Baltimore138–142 (OT)Barnett, Hayes, Kojis (26)5–10
16November 19@ Philadelphia125–116John Block (33)6–10
17November 21@ Los Angeles98–100Barnett, Hayes (25)6–11
18November 22Boston116–125Elvin Hayes (41)7–11
19November 24Seattle105–112John Block (32)8–11
20November 26San Francisco126–125 (OT)Hayes, Kojis (25)8–12
21November 28@ Chicago119–126Elvin Hayes (33)8–13
22November 30@ Milwaukee99–111Jim Barnett (18)8–14
23December 3Chicago131–146Don Kojis (40)9–14
24December 5@ San Francisco107–112Don Kojis (23)9–15
25December 6Los Angeles128–115Elvin Hayes (40)9–16
26December 8Detroit111–102Elvin Hayes (29)9–17
27December 10Atlanta107–126Elvin Hayes (35)10–17
28December 12@ Boston104–107Don Kojis (26)10–18
29December 13@ Baltimore105–117Don Kojis (21)10–19
30December 14@ Milwaukee105–118Don Kojis (31)10–20
31December 16@ Chicago110–101Elvin Hayes (31)11–20
32December 17@ Detroit114–107Jim Barnett (21)12–20
33December 19San Francisco111–119John Block (25)13–20
34December 20Cincinnati111–126Elvin Hayes (30)14–20
35December 21@ Seattle96–112Elvin Hayes (27)14–21
36December 23Los Angeles109–115Elvin Hayes (32)15–21
37December 27Boston111–110Elvin Hayes (22)15–22
38December 29@ Atlanta118–122Elvin Hayes (33)15–23
39December 30@ Cincinnati120–125Elvin Hayes (31)15–24
40December 31@ Milwaukee126–143Elvin Hayes (26)15–25
41January 2@ Phoenix120–121Elvin Hayes (28)15–26
42January 4Chicago121–140Elvin Hayes (34)16–26
43January 8San Francisco103–120Bernie Williams (34)17–26
44January 10New York115–123Elvin Hayes (31)18–26
45January 13Baltimore144–126Elvin Hayes (37)18–27
46January 17Baltimore131–115Elvin Hayes (34)18–28
47January 22N Milwaukee106–115Elvin Hayes (29)18–29
48January 24@ New York114–127Elvin Hayes (25)18–30
49January 25@ Philadelphia131–159Elvin Hayes (27)18–31
50January 27@ Los Angeles109–124Elvin Hayes (25)18–32
51January 28Los Angeles113–108Jim Barnett (25)18–33
52January 30Seattle117–119 (OT)Elvin Hayes (49)19–33
53February 1Phoenix105–103Elvin Hayes (32)19–34
54February 4Milwaukee141–123Elvin Hayes (20)19–35
55February 6Philadelphia129–124Jim Barnett (35)19–36
56February 8@ Los Angeles113–125Hayes, Lantz (15)19–37
57February 11Atlanta155–131Elvin Hayes (32)19–38
58February 14San Francisco123–141Elvin Hayes (41)20–38
59February 15Cincinnati123–150Stu Lantz (36)21–38
60February 16N Baltimore109–140Elvin Hayes (27)21–39
61February 18N Seattle119–122Jim Barnett (42)22–39
62February 20@ Phoenix117–126Elvin Hayes (40)22–40
63February 21Los Angeles106–121Elvin Hayes (23)23–40
64February 23N Chicago125–127Barnett, Lantz (32)23–41
65February 24@ Baltimore118–128John Block (24)23–42
66February 25@ Boston124–147Elvin Hayes (46)23–43
67February 27@ Philadelphia111–125Elvin Hayes (38)23–44
68March 1Chicago122–135Elvin Hayes (38)24–44
69March 3@ Seattle114–126Elvin Hayes (31)24–45
70March 4Cincinnati127–125Bingo Smith (21)24–46
71March 6@ New York103–107Elvin Hayes (33)24–47
72March 7@ Detroit126–134Elvin Hayes (33)24–48
73March 9N Philadelphia112–131Elvin Hayes (32)24–49
74March 10@ Chicago106–111John Block (33)24–50
75March 11@ Atlanta121–122Elvin Hayes (37)24–51
76March 12@ Cincinnati151–165Elvin Hayes (40)24–52
77March 14New York119–103Elvin Hayes (32)24–53
78March 15Philadelphia128–137Jim Barnett (32)25–53
79March 17Boston117–125Elvin Hayes (30)26–53
80March 19Detroit118–132Bingo Smith (22)27–53
81March 20@ Phoenix104–127Elvin Hayes (25)27–54
82March 22Phoenix130–129Block, Hayes (23)27–55

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